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- pronunciation:
- post
pon
[or]
pos
pon
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
postpones, postponing, postponed |
| definition: |
to defer until a later time.
The groom was so ill that the wedding had to be postponed.The boss decided to postpone the meeting until Friday.You shouldn't postpone seeing a doctor about this.[verb + gerund
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- synonyms:
- defer, delay, prorogue, shelve, suspend, table
- antonyms:
- dispatch
- similar words:
- adjourn, hang up, procrastinate, put aside, put off, stall, stave off, wait
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| related words: |
respite, scrub, suspend |
adverb + (v.)postpone
abruptly, merely, repeatedly, temporarily, twice, yesterday
(v.)postpone
+ adverb
altogether, anything, but, forever, indefinitely, tomorrow
(v.)postpone
+ noun
action,
announcement,
appointment,
arrival,
childbearing,
commissioner,
consideration,
construction,
cut,
date,
deadline,
decision,
departure,
deposition,
discussion,
election,
execution,
funeral,
game,
gratification,
hearing,
homecoming,
implementation,
invasion,
involvement,
journey,
launch,
lawmaker,
maintenance,
marriage,
meeting,
month,
motherhood,
onset,
opening,
parenthood,
payment,
pregnancy,
publication,
purchase,
rain,
recall,
reckoning,
reform,
release,
repair,
retirement,
return,
reunification,
schedule,
sentencing,
session,
sex,
shareholder,
start,
surgery,
travel,
trial,
trip,
visit,
vote,
voting,
wedding,
week,
weekend,
withdrawal
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| derivations: |
postponable (adj.), postponement (n.), postponer (n.) |
The word postpone
contains the following parts:
post-
Latin
prefix
that means after, behind
  Example words:
postbellum, postdate, postdiluvian, postdoctoral, posterior, posterity, postgraduate, posthumous, posthypnotic, postlude, postmeridian, postmillennial, postmortem, postnasal, postpartum, postpone, postprandial, postscript
- antonyms:
- ante-, pre-, pro-2
pos, -pose, pon, -pone, -pound
Latin
root
that means put, place
Example words:
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive, component, composed, composite, compositor, compost, compound, decompose, deponent, depositary, deposition, depositor, depository, discompose, disposable, disposal, disposer, exponent, exponential, expose, exposition, expositor, expository, exposure, expound, impose, imposing, imposition, impostor, impound, inapposite, indisposed, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposition, opponent, opposable, oppose, opposite, opposition, overexpose, ovipositor, photocompose, pose, poser, poseur, positive, positivism, postpone, posture, predispose, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, purpose, purposeful, purposely, repose, suppose, transposition
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